South Punjab Forest Company
IndustryCommercial Forestry[1]
FoundedSeptember, 2015
Headquarters
Lahore
,
Pakistan
Key people
Awais Leghari (Chairman),[2] Tahir Rasheed (CEO)[3]
Websitewww.spfc.org.pk

South Punjab Forest Company (SPFC) is a subsidiary of the Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries Department, Government of the Punjab[4] and operates on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. The company is created under the visionary leadership of Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister Punjab and spearheaded by Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, Chairman, South Punjab Forest Company (SPFC). One of the main objectives of the organization is to streamline public and private sector investments in the forestry sector, so that deforestation can be reduced in Punjab, and forest conservation and sustainable economic development go hand in hand. SPFC aims to encourage investments in the forestry sector which offers low risk with high return. The land will be awarded to successful bidders for 15 years and further extendable to another 15 years subjected to satisfactory performance of investors. The project will be floated in the market for solicitation of expression of interest from the potential investors in June 2017. The land slots will be awarded to the successful bidders based on evaluation by the end of August, 2017. The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of forest sites, awarded to successful bidders, will be done in collaboration with the Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries Department, Government of the Punjab, as per the provisions of PPP Act, 2014, and The Punjab Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016. Revenue sharing will be done in this initiative. The Company in order to effectively reach out to the business community is organizing seminars in collaboration with various Chambers of Commerce & Industry to sensitize business groups to invest in the opportunity.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Governance

The company is overseen by Board of Directors consisting of nine members nominated by Government of Punjab

No.MemberDesignation
1 Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, MNA Chairman
2 The Secretary, Forestry Wildlife & Fisheries Department Director
3 The Additional Secretary, Finance Department Director
4 The Chief (Agri), Planning & Development Department Director
5 The Chairman, Punjab Board of Investment & Trade (PBIT) Director
6 Tahia Noon, MPA Director
7 Hashim Jawan Bakht, MPA Director
8 Ashiq Ahmed Khan, Forestry Expert Director
9 Tahir Rasheed, CEO Director

Areas

SPFC owns 134,995 acres of land in districts of Bahawalnagar, Bahwalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Rahim Yar Khan and Rajanpur.[11][12] The details of each region can be found in following tables.[13]

Bahawalnagar

No.Area NameForest Name Total Area (in acres) Total Blank Area (in acres)
1 Fortabbas Dhodhlan 10714 3869

Bahawalpur

No.Area NameForest Name Total Area (in acres) Total Blank Area (in acres)
1 Bahawalpur Range Shahi Wala 2979 1194

Dera Ghazi Khan

No.Area NameForest Name Total Area (in acres) Total Blank Area (in acres)
1 Taunsa Range Rind Wala 1010 210
2 Taunsa Range Triman 4639 4639

Muzaffargarh

No.Area NameForest Name Total Area (in acres) Total Blank Area (in acres)
1 Muzaffargarh Sub Division Sarian 5070 5070
2 Muzaffargarh Sub Division Bait Qaim Shah 1278 1278
3 Muzaffargarh Sub Division Serwani 1509 1509
4 Ghazi Ghat Sub Division Ghazi Ghat 2106 2106
5 Ghazi Ghat Sub Division Ahmad Mohana 2370 2183
6 Ghazi Ghat Sub Division Sohni 696 581
7 Ghazi Ghat Sub Division Eason Wala 7072 6297
8 Jatoi Range Bakaini 1998 1700
9 Jatoi Range Bait Mir Hazar 3614 2589
10 Jatoi Range Cheena Malana 4180 4032
11 Khanpur Range Khanpur 31555 30052
12 Khanpur Range Ali Wali 4629 4629
13 Khanpur Range Latti 715 715
14 Khanpur Range Eastern Ghirri 690 690
15 Khanpur Range Middle Ghirri 337 337
16 Khanpur Range Khannani 720 720
17 Khanpur Range Bait Dewan 3164 2839
18 Khanpur Range Dhaka I & II 2302 2202
19 Khanpur Range Khairpur Para I, II & III 1014 1014
20 Khanpur Range Baqir Shah 2341 2341
21 Khanpur Range Mohib Shah 628 628
22 Khanpur Range Damber Wala 2612 2509

Rahim Yar Khan

No.Area NameForest Name Total Area (in acres) Total Blank Area (in acres)
1 Abbasia Sub Division Abbasia 6749 2329
2 Abbasia Sub Division Abbasia Extension 18400 16350
3 Walhar Range Walhar 4632 1382
4 Q. Wala --- 5763 2763
5 Rahim Yar Khan IL / Abbasia 8400 7137
6 Rahim Yar Khan IL / IL Abbasia 5212 5212

Rajanpur

No.Area NameForest Name Total Area (in acres) Total Blank Area (in acres)
1 Rajanpur Sub Division Noor pur (West) 296 213
2 Rajanpur Sub Division Raqba Naseer 500 475
3 Rajanpur Sub Division Rakh Taung 163 134
4 Jampur Range Noshra 91 88
5 Jampur Range Rakh Khanwah 1827 1827
6 Jampur Range Kotla Sher Muhammad 2941 1184
7 Jampur Range Bait Bagh Shah 2127 1814
8 Jampur Range Thul Menghraj 3084 3084
9 Jampur Range Rakh Azmat Wala 2034 1944
10 Jampur Range Registan Shumali & Pachadi 3180 3126

References

  1. ↑ firm keen on, commercial forestry. "South Punjab Forest Company: Firm keen on development of commercial forestry". tribune.com.pk. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ↑ chairman, spfc. "South Punjab Forest Company (SPFC) - Board of Directors". www.spfc.org.pk. SPFC. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. ↑ ceo, spfc. "South Punjab Forest Company". www.spfc.org.pk. SPFC. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. ↑ invest, green future. "Investing in a green future". tns.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  5. ↑ spfc, icci seminar. "SPFC organises inception seminar at ICCI". dailypakistan.com.pk. Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  6. ↑ SPFC and BOI, promote investments. "SPFC, BOI discuss steps to promote investments in forestry sector". nation.com.pk. The Nation. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  7. ↑ gov. looks, for investors. "Government looks for private investments in forests". tribune.com.pk. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  8. ↑ forestry, seminar. "Forestry Seminar". nation.com.pk. The Nation. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  9. ↑ SPFC seminar, LCCI. "South Punjab Forest Company holds inception seminar at LCCI". dailypakistan.com.pk. Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Expats urged, to invest in green future. "expats urged to invest in green future". dailytimes.com.pk. Daily Times. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  11. ↑ Forests Backbone of, Economic Growth. "Forests backbone of sustainable economic growth". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  12. ↑ consumption, wood. "With wood consumption on rise, increasing need for investment in forests". tribune.com.pk. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  13. ↑ spfc, regions. "South Punjab Forest Company (SPFC) - Regions". www.spfc.org.pk. SPFC. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

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